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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [verb] on the [noun sg]	2124
2	was [verb] on the [noun sg]	1517
3	[was/were] [vb pp] on the [noun sg]	1390
4	[was/were] [v-ing] on the [noun sg]	694
5	were [verb] on the [noun sg]	607
6	[was/were] based on the [noun sg]	168
7	[was/were] base on the [noun sg]	168
8	[was/were] sit on the [noun sg]	144
9	[was/were] sitting on the [noun sg]	142
10	[was/were] [verb] on the basis	97
11	[was/were] lie on the [noun sg]	95
12	[was/were] lying on the [noun sg]	94
13	[was/were] stand on the [noun sg]	69
14	[was/were] [verb] on the ground	68
15	[was/were] standing on the [noun sg]	67
16	[was/were] [verb] on the floor	64
17	[was/were] place on the [noun sg]	51
18	[was/were] work on the [noun sg]	51
19	[was/were] placed on the [noun sg]	50
20	[was/were] working on the [noun sg]	49
21	[was/were] put on the [noun sg]	48
22	[was/were] put on the [noun sg]	44
23	[was/were] make on the [noun sg]	39
24	[was/were] [verb] on the edge	39
25	[was/were] made on the [noun sg]	36
26	[was/were] [to-vb] on the [noun sg]	35
27	[was/were] [verb] on the bed	27
28	[was/were] build on the [noun sg]	27
29	[was/were] found on the [noun sg]	27
30	[was/were] [verb] on the day	27